Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2024

[Chris Knipp]

ÀMA GLORIA (Marie Amachoukeli 2013)

An unusually complex as well as colorful and emotional look at the relation between a six-year-old French girl and her Cape Verdean nanny. It deepens by separation, when the child, Cléo (a remarkable Louise Mauroy-Panzani), flies by herself to West Africa to visit her nanny, Gloria ((Ilça Moreno Zego) for the summer, and things happen. A warm and touching film. Bring your handkerchiefs.

Screened for this review as part of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at Lincoln Center, New York (Feb. 29-Mar. 10, 2024. Showtimes:
Saturday, March 2 at 3:45pm (Q&A with Marie Amachoukeli)
Thursday, March 7 at 1:30pm

[Chris Knipp]

LINKS TO REVIEWS
ALL TO PLAY FOR /RIEN À PERDRE (Delphone Deloget 2023)
AMA GLORIA (Marie Amachoukeli)
ANIMAL KINGDOM, THE (Thomas Cailley)
AUCTION (Pascal Bonitzer)
BANEL & ADAMA (Ranata-Toulaye Sy)
BOOK OF SOLUTIONS, THE (Michel Gondry)
INDÉSIRABLES, LES (Ladj Ly)
JUST TWO OF US (Valérie Donzelli)
LITTLE GIRL BLUE (Mona Achache)
NO LOVE LOST/LA FILLE DE SON PÈRE (Erwan le Duc 2023)
ON THE ADAMANT (Nicolas Philipbert)
RED ISLAND (Robin Campillo)
SPIRIT OF ECSTASY (Hélena Klotz)
TONI/TONI EN FAMILLE (Nathan Ambrosiani 2023)

[Chris Knipp]

ON THE ADAMANT/SUR L'ADAMANT (Nicolas Philibert 2023)

This important documentary, winner of the Golden Bear at Berlin and numerous other international awards, is being released in the US by Kino Lorber. It opens in New York on March 29th. Other cities will follow.

See my review HERE.

[Chris Knipp]

ON THE ADAMANT: Now Playing in Select Theaters

Opens April 19 in Los Angeles